How to restrict the apps in the share dialog in Xamarin Forms?

Question

I can share some text or files with external apps with Xamarin.Essentials: Share Feature.

Well, can I restrict the apps shown in the popup to share? For example, can I set it to show gmail but not whatsapp in the popup? I need this for both ios and android in the Xamarin.Forms app. How to handle it?

Thanks.

No. The OS/user determines what apps are available to share based on content type. Your app doesn’t get to overrule the users preferences — Jason, Nov 09 '22 at 11:03
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score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 10 '22 at 07:30

The Xamarin.Essentials: Share Feature only provide the the method to share the file or text for other applications. The system will detect the file type (MIME) and request a share. Each platform may only support specific file extensions.

Here is the Share Class API, you can refer to this.

How to restrict the apps in the share dialog in Xamarin Forms?

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